Mr. Chairman, I realize that the Department of Education has a certain goal of combining adult education with regular elementary school facilities, but that doesn't help the adults in my community who are still having to go to school in an overcrowded area. So I just want to let the Minister know that I'm still unhappy with the situation of the adult learning centre in Fort Providence, and I would hope that you would do something to address that even by next summer. Mahsi cho.

Mr. Chairman, I want to ask the Minister for an update on the foundation in Fort Providence. I know that maybe the information is not available, but we are going to be getting it into the O and M, so I just wanted to warn the Minister to give me an update on whether or not the foundation is being stabilized. I know that in several areas in the community...The floors in the community hall, they've made, I think, five-inch holes and they haven't done anything to cover them back up. So I just wanted to give the Minister notice of that.

I've already said it and I was just trying to make a point, Mr. Chairman, I wasn't trying to get a response right now.

Mr. Chairman, as you aware, last week we were in Hay River to discuss possibilities of forest management in that area. There didn't seem to be enough there to be done to encourage the Minister to even think about it. But, it does say here that $25,000 will be allotted to provide a new vehicle to address increased forest activities in the region. So, I'm wondering where the Minister is coming from when he takes the position of not supporting the community, yet there seems to be more activity rather than less.

Mr. Chairman, I have been talking about this for about 11 years now, and I'll raise it again whenever the opportunity arises. There are still a lot of problems with the access road to the Hay River Reserve and I just want to bring it to the attention of the Minister. The road is narrow and I have made that point already. When it snows, it causes people to go into the ditch, because they are not aware of the shoulders and things like that. That's just a general comment, Mr. Chairman. I just wanted to bring up that point at every opportunity I get.

So, then, the $17.340 million, should that number change then?

I'm always afraid to bring up this issue when it comes to housing, because I still have a bit of a problem in my area and I'm sure other communities have, too. What is happening to the $9 million for the remote housing program? Is that going into general revenues or are you listening to us, Mr. Pollard, and looking at spending some of that money in the communities that urgently need it?

Mr. Chairman, with regard to the Legislative Assembly building, Members have special parking lots, but in the future, I wonder if they could look at creating parking lots right in front of the building itself.

Well, Mr. Chairman, I know that the existing facility isn't that bad, but my whole point is that the recommendation strongly suggests that because the group homes affect more aboriginal people than non-aboriginal, that the government consider having the operation run by aboriginal people. I just want to make that point. Not only that, I want to go beyond that and suggest to the Department of Health and Social Services, Mr. Chairman, that we look for alternatives to what exists now in other major centres. Most are in major centres and I think, because they are aboriginal children, we should start looking more at smaller, traditional communities too. Thank you.